Name: Glasgow Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady. Good demand for feeder classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $306.86/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −149.02 against this barn's trailing median of $455.89.

Average price

$306.86

73 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,648

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$69.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.72

vs KY average

−3.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	311.28	1,667	68
Medium and Large 2	520	264.00	1,373	1thin
Medium 1-2	515	245.00	1,262	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	585	241.59	1,413	3thin

One grade step is worth $69.69/cwt here — about $253 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.30, low $400.27, median $455.89 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale73 hd

306.86

—

KY average25 barns · 1,085 hd

299.15

+7.72

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

−3.40

This barn, trailing median13 sales

455.89

−149.02

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,455	112.00	1,630	1thin

Every lot, as filed

73 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers Regional Livestock Market - Monthly Cattle Sale - Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur)

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	682	277.25/cwt	274.00–279.00	1,891	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	191.06/cwt	186.00–196.00	1,567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	552	268.43/cwt	264.00–269.00	1,482	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	925	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,072	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,039	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,247	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,671	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	315.31/cwt	303.00–328.00	1,671	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	674	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,597	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	810	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,725	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	244.81/cwt	230.00–260.00	943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,373	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	266.28/cwt	265.00–267.50	1,092	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	229.71/cwt	228.00–232.00	1,569	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,300	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	591	176.84/cwt	168.00–225.00	1,045	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	682	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,074	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	182.04/cwt	170.00–207.00	1,120	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	190.62/cwt	190.00–193.00	1,462	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	240	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	204.00/cwt	180.00–228.00	1,397	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	245.09/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,029	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	241.59/cwt	224.00–251.00	1,413	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	260.72/cwt	257.50–265.00	1,246	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	222.66/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,024	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	350	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,166	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	800–850	840	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,756	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	515	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,262	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	680	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,421	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	630	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,058	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	376	375.74/cwt	335.00–386.00	1,413	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	274	324.01/cwt	323.00–325.00	888	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	277	343.27/cwt	340.00–346.00	951	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	539	293.10/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,580	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	430	315.00/cwt	309.00–327.00	1,355	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	362	320.38/cwt	312.50–334.00	1,160	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	433	340.16/cwt	327.50–351.00	1,473	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	461	298.84/cwt	298.00–299.00	1,378	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,375	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	243.95/cwt	242.50–245.00	1,771	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	236.04/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,789	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,008	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	458	337.79/cwt	323.00–343.00	1,547	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	317	364.34/cwt	342.50–400.00	1,155	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,062	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	281.80/cwt	275.00–284.00	1,231	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	268.73/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,698	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,171	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	274.57/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,422	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	301.15/cwt	295.00–305.00	946	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	229.61/cwt	222.00–233.50	1,403	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	636	294.69/cwt	285.00–298.00	1,874	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	222.84/cwt	219.00–228.00	1,912	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	432	302.37/cwt	292.00–308.00	1,306	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	245.26/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,432	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	296.30/cwt	290.00–299.00	1,698	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	255.83/cwt	248.00–262.00	1,325	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	278.50/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,448	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	737	221.67/cwt	221.00–224.00	1,634	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	303.29/cwt	297.50–315.00	1,283	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	284.16/cwt	275.00–286.00	1,355	8

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers Regional Livestock Market - Monthly Cattle Sale - Glasgow, KY (2nd/4th Thur)

Thu Mar 28, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 661Last week 769Year ago 935

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1Last week 11Year ago 3

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady. Good demand for feeder classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
57	500–550	530	303.00–328.00	315.31
8	550–600	573	290.00–299.00	296.30
48	600–650	636	285.00–298.00	294.69
16	650–700	682	274.00–279.00	277.25
16	900–950	925	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	300.00	300.00
3	300–350	310	335.00	335.00
10	350–400	367	319.00	319.00
3	400–450	423	297.50–315.00	303.29
1	450–500	470	302.50	302.50
2	500–550	518	270.00–279.00	274.57
1	550–600	575	275.00	275.00
8	600–650	632	265.00–275.00	268.73
21	700–750	726	242.50–245.00	243.95
18	750–800	758	228.00–240.00	236.04
21	850–900	858	219.00–228.00	222.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	264.00	264.00
1	600–650	605	257.50	257.50
1	650–700	695	237.00	237.00
5	700–750	733	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	257.50	257.50
1	400–450	400	240.00	240.00
3	550–600	585	224.00–251.00	241.59
1	600–650	625	220.00	220.00
2	650–700	685	180.00–228.00	204.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	245.00	245.00
1	800–850	840	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	317	342.50–400.00	364.34
14	350–400	376	335.00–386.00	375.74
21	400–450	433	327.50–351.00	340.16
8	450–500	458	323.00–343.00	337.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	314	295.00–305.00	301.15
2	350–400	360	295.00	295.00
14	400–450	437	275.00–284.00	281.80
8	450–500	477	275.00–286.00	284.16
11	500–550	518	248.00–262.00	255.83
8	550–600	584	240.00–257.50	245.26
3	600–650	611	222.00–233.50	229.61
31	650–700	683	228.00–232.00	229.71
5	750–800	767	190.00–193.00	190.62
2	800–850	820	186.00–196.00	191.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	520	270.00–283.00	278.50
27	550–600	552	264.00–269.00	268.43
8	650–700	674	237.00	237.00
13	700–750	737	221.00–224.00	221.67
8	800–850	810	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	265.00–267.50	266.28
3	450–500	478	257.50–265.00	260.72
1	500–550	525	237.50	237.50
1	550–600	575	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	230.00–260.00	244.81
5	400–450	420	240.00–250.00	245.09
2	450–500	460	215.00–230.00	222.66
6	550–600	591	168.00–225.00	176.84
3	600–650	615	170.00–207.00	182.04
4	650–700	682	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	680	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	274	323.00–325.00	324.01
31	350–400	362	312.50–334.00	320.38
32	400–450	432	292.00–308.00	302.37
6	450–500	461	298.00–299.00	298.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	245.00	245.00
2	500–550	535	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	277	340.00–346.00	343.27
1	350–400	350	333.00	333.00
3	400–450	430	309.00–327.00	315.00
4	500–550	539	292.50–295.00	293.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	300.00	300.00
3	300–350	325	310.00	310.00
2	500–550	523	263.00	263.00
3	550–600	565	270.00	270.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	630	168.00	168.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	112.00	112.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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